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Developer Linux News for Apr 28, 2000

EE Times: Intel backs Chinese Linux(Apr 28, 2000, 22:12)
"Ministry of Information Industry officials said they have
closely monitored Linux's progress in China. Besides sponsoring a
series of Linux-related events in China, the ministry also has been
very active in unifying international standards for Linux."

Apache 2.0alpha3 Released(Apr 28, 2000, 21:17)
"This should be considered a ``developers version'' including
only the source and no pre-compiled binaries. It is anticipated
that a binary-release will be available for the first beta
release."

CNN.com: U.S. proposes MSFT split(Apr 28, 2000, 20:54)
"The Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general
asked a federal court Friday to split Microsoft into two separate
companies to stem the software giant's anti-competitive
behavior."

CCN: Speedware Announces Second Quarter Results(Apr 28, 2000, 19:08)
"Speedware also announced that its Visionyze.com division would
be developing an open source version of its Hybrid Online
ApplicationProcessing (OLAP) technology on a Linux platform.
...making this technology available to the developer community as
an open source OLAP product..."

ABCNews.com: Eazel Does It(Apr 28, 2000, 18:11)
"A powerful team of original Macintosh programmers behind this
Silicon Valley startup is betting you'll soon be running their new
friendly version of Linux both at work and from the kitchen."

InfoWorld: Inprise seeks advice on Corel merger terms(Apr 28, 2000, 17:43)
"Inprise/Borland's board of directors has requested Broadview
International, which also advised the company in February, to
update its opinion on the fairness of the transaction terms, from a
financial point of view, to Inprise/Borland shareholders, the
software development tools maker said in a statement."

Linuxcare: App of the Week: gkrellm(Apr 28, 2000, 16:34)
"...gkrellm essentially gives you... the kind of information
that would normally require a barrage of commands. It gives me the
time and date; graphs for CPU activity, process load, disk I/O
activity, and eth0 traffic; available resource meters for memory,
swap, and disk partitions; the number of new emails in my inbox;
and my system's uptime."

CNET News.com: IBM switches support to Microsoft-backed Web standard [SOAP](Apr 28, 2000, 16:11)
"When the software giant unveiled the technology in October, IBM
executives said SOAP too closely favored Microsoft technologies
over industry standards. ... Microsoft yesterday released an
updated version of SOAP that included the work of IBM and its
subsidiary Lotus Development."

The Register: Inprise to investigate 'fairness' of Corel takeover(Apr 28, 2000, 15:41)
"Of course, Inprise is being sued by a gang of shareholders who
feel the original deal undervalues their shares, so the Broadview
plan could be as much about pacifying them as winning better terms
from Corel - just as Corel's cash-flow warning could be simply a
manoeuvre to get its own shareholders behind the deal."

Linux.com: The Death Penalty [for MS](Apr 28, 2000, 15:29)
"Forget breaking up this company. Render it to raw materials.
Seize its assets, hold it in trust for its employees and
shareholders and sell it off, using the proceeds to fund the
development of free software."

LinuxPlanet: Word to the Wise... Applix Words 5: VistaSource Makes an Aggressive Move(Apr 28, 2000, 13:51)
"...Applix has produced an outstanding all-around word
processor. The smooth and responsive performance, coupled with
integration with the GNOME desktop, a respectable featureset, and
good online documentation are a sure indicator that VistaSource has
a good start as they move more aggressively into the Linux
space."